The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-07

Terrible Run OF Q Gable Oar in Oin-
cinnati, Caused by . Broken
Strand.
A Theater Panic Prevented by tho
Prompt Action Of the Pc
lice.
Fatal Accident to the Presidents Protsge
-Hinsn HuHocatsd- and
Children Perish.

CINCINNATI, Oct. a-Atseven o'clock last
evening strand came loose in the cable OF
the Walnut Hills cable road and wrapped
around the grip Of . car coming west on
Sixth street. The car was full Of passen-
gers, and on it went like wild, overtaking
another car at Sixth and Main streets full
Of people. This car it pushed along. Brakes
were applied and the wheels were locked
dead ON both cars. On they went, striking
teams in the darkness, passengers scream
ing and hundreds Of excited people follow.
ing it into the middle Of the street.
In this way the runaway cars
wheeled from Sixth into Walnut street,
and from Walnut into Fifth street
at Fountain square, and dashinR onward
they struck q horse car going west on
Fifth near Sycamore street The latter
street is ditched deeply where Fifth street
crosses it, and at this crossing the horse
car, horses, passengers and all were piled
in the ditch. At the same time the run
away cars were thrown from the track and
stopped with terrible wrench to the cable,
50 violent, indeed, that every car on the
track clear up to Walnut Hills was derailed.
The shock OF tderailing was greatest
to four cars that were coming be-
hind the runaway. These four cars were
in pairs on Sixth street, between Broadway
and Walnut streets, and were full
of people coming down town to
church. Thirty or forty people were
badly bruised and 3OO or 400 were badly
scared. OF the injured Lewis Kold is prob
ably fatally hurt, and Mrs. Br0ckmann, OF
Covington, was seriously injured. No
others suffered dangerously.
A PANIC.
CINCINNATI, Oct. ga panic occurred in
Harris theater Saturday at the perform
ance of "Uncle Toms Cabin" which came
near causing q serious loss Of life. The
house was crowded, and just as Little Eva
was dying in the last act, u steam roller at
work in the neighborhood blew its whistle,
producing q startlingly loud noise Some
one In the gallery shouted ''fire," and at
once the crowd started down stairs. Two
policemen threw themselves between the
panic-stricken crowd and the door and sue
ceeded in pacifying them. During the ex-
citement fifteen women tainted and were
carried into the street. The performance
was brought to an abrupt termination. In
the second act, Walter White, who played
the part of Marks, shot q soaked wad from
his revolver, striking supernumerary
named Condvill in the knee, intlicting
painful wound.
STRUCK BIZ AN ELEVATOR SHAFT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-HOward Lee, the
newspaper boy, in whose welfare the Pres
ident took special interest, and recently
caused to be appointed a messenger in the
Pension Office, was dangerously, if'not IA
tally, injured yesterday afternoon by being
struck on the head by descending eleva.
tor. The lad incautiously put his head into
the elevator shaft, not perceiving that the
elevator was descending. He is distant
relative of General Robert E. Lee, and the
sole support of a widowed mother.
QUEBEC FIRES.
QUEpEc, Oct. 2.-Reports from Shiga
waka state that immense forest fires have
been raging during the past week in the
vicinity of Gaspe which have proved very
destructive, large tracts Of the finest pine
having been swept by the flames and much
valuable timber and other property con-
sumed. The long continued drought
something unusual here's the cause OF
the large fires, particularly in the ne!ghbor-
hood of Thursta, N. F., which have recently
occurred.
MINE DISASTER.
ASHLAND, Pa, Oct 3.-Three men and
two boys were suffocated and thirteen
noon in Boston coliiery, pillar giving way,
bringing with it a large amount OF gas,
rendering escape impossible to those in the
gaugway. The men in the neighbcring
breast escaped by fleeing to the bottom Of
the slope Those killed were Fred. K.
Outrich. fire boss; John Cochran, John
Gulliam and Park Tully. It is feared that
some of the others overcome will die.
FELL OUT OF WINDOW.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Oct 3-Mrs. w. W.
Wolsely, of Aiken, S. c., who was under
treatment for nervous disease at the res
idence Of Dr. s. Fleetshire, 164 Montague
street, fell from third story window yes
terday and received injuries from which
she died in the evening. Her husband
owns large cotton plantation near Aiken.
STRUCK COW.
EsCANABA, Mich, Oct. ga dispatch has
Just been received Of a series Of accidents
on the IA. o. o." road, near Gladstone. A
work train, in backing down, struck COW
and derailed the train. The conductor and
brakeman were killed and several others
WERE injured.
FATHERS DEATH.
TOWER, MIMI, Oct S.--Awakened by fire
during the night in their cottage here,
Louis Tasky and his wife escaped with one
child, leaving two in the house He made
an unsuccessful effort to rescue them and
was so badly burned that he died this
morning. The mother and remaining child
are left destitute.
RAIN TO BE PRAYED FOR
OTTAWA Ont, Oct. IA number OF clti-
Gems Of Hull are engaged in making collec-
tions to cover the expenses OF having Arch.
bishop Duhamela say o mass for rain in
different communities Of the county of OF
tawa. Bush fires in this district have done
great damage to timber.
War Scare Ended.
PARIS, Oct. 3-The eveding papors all
take the same view Of the frontier shooting
affair-that as Germany has expressed re-
gret at the incident, and admitted in prin-
ciple the justice Of granting indemnity to